vrata

See also: Vrata, Vráta, Vráťa, and врата

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit व्रत (vratá). Related to the group word, verb, and verve, from the same Proto-Indo-European root, *werh₁- (“to speak, say”).

Noun

vrata (plural vratas)

1. (Hinduism, Jainism) A pious observance such as fasting and pilgrimage.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vrata, from Proto-Slavic *vorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvrata]

• Audio:

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Noun

vrata n pl (diminutive vrátka)

1. door, gate

Declension

Declension of vrata (pl-only hard neuter)

	plural
nominative	vrata
genitive	vrat
dative	vratům
accusative	vrata
vocative	vrata
locative	vratech
instrumental	vraty

Derived terms

nouns

• vrátka
• vrátnice
• vrátník
• vrátný

Further reading

• “vrata”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vrata”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vrata”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʋrata/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈvrata/

Noun

vrata n pl

1. door, gate

Declension

Declension of vrata (pl-only hard o-stem)

	plural
nominative	vrata
genitive	vrát
dative	vratóm
accusative	vrata
vocative	vrata
locative	vratiech
instrumental	vraty

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Related terms

• vrátcě
• vrátiti
• vrátka

Descendants

• Czech: vrata

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “vrata”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta. Probably the literal meaning is 'something that turns'. Compare vrat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋrǎːta/
• Hyphenation: vra‧ta

Noun

vráta n pl (Cyrillic spelling вра́та)

1. door

Declension

Declension of vrata

	plural
nominative	vrata
genitive	vrata
dative	vratima
accusative	vrata
vocative	vrata
locative	vratima
instrumental	vratima

Derived terms

• vràtār

Further reading

• “vrata”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

vrata (Cyrillic spelling врата)

1. genitive singular of vrat

Anagrams

• vatra

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vorta. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋràːta/

Noun

vráta n pl

1. door

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nominative	vráta
genitive	vrát
	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vráta
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vrát
dative (dajȃlnik)	vrátom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vráta
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vrátih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vráti

Further reading

• “vrata”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “vrata”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references